A UK-based business-critical IT managed service provider, known for delivering client-centric, modular, scalable, agile, and secure platforms, faced a critical juncture. Their existing data centres were nearing capacity, limiting their ability to support ambitious strategic growth and enhance their services portfolio. The goal was to commission a new data centre facility that could bolster their capabilities and offer a broader range of business-critical IT services.
Enhancing IT services with a new data centre
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Overview
The challenge
- Capacity constraints: existing data centres were reaching maximum capacity.
- Location selection: finding a suitable location that could meet the specific needs of their expanding client base and strategic partners.
- Customisation requirements: need for customisable data centre facilities to match precise client demands.
The solution
Our state-of-the-art data centre facility (FRN1) was chosen to meet the company’s stringent standards and requirements. FRN1 offers the latest green IT efficiencies along with the essential security, power, cooling, fire protection, and carrier-neutral connectivity needed for highly resilient enterprise-class managed services:
- Green IT efficiencies: implementation of sustainable technologies to reduce environmental impact.
- High security: advanced security measures to protect sensitive data.
- Reliable power and cooling: robust systems to ensure uninterrupted service.
- Fire protection: comprehensive fire suppression systems.
- Carrier-neutral connectivity: flexible connectivity options to meet diverse client needs.
Outcomes
Our data centre provides managed hosting, cloud services, and colocation facilities, complementing and extending the capacity available within the client’s three existing UK data centres. This expansion offers a regional location for both primary and secondary data centre requirements, enabling the company to:
- support strategic growth: accommodate the growing needs of existing and new clients;
- enhance service offerings: deliver an extensive range of infrastructure, technology, and services;
- strengthen resilience: ensure high availability, performance, security, and reliability.
““We are delighted to have the opportunity to create a purpose-built data centre from the ground up that will allow us to provision an extensive range of infrastructure, technology and services, to meet the needs of existing and new clients, and our partners.”